Press Briefing

Jan 18, 2010

New START and implications for National Security Programs. By Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State. Opening Statement Before the Senate Armed Services Committee Hearing on the New START. Washington, DC
http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2010/06/143261.htm

U.S. Assistance in Response to the Current Humanitarian Crisis in the Kyrgyz Republic and Uzbekistan. US State Dept
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2010/06/143229.htm

The Trouble With Teacher Tenure - We can't make progress if bad teachers have jobs for life
http://www.bipartisanalliance.com/2010/06/trouble-with-teacher-tenure-we-cant.html

Good Jobs and a Level Playing Field in the Next Recovery
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/06/17/good-jobs-and-a-level-playing-field-next-recovery

The Gulf Spill Record - Here's the rest of the story on USA Today's "Oil spills escalated in this decade."
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704575304575296584097417918.html

The White House Blog: A New Process and a New Escrow Account for Gulf Oil Spill Claims from BP
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/06/17/a-new-process-and-a-new-escrow-account-gulf-oil-spill-claims-bp

BP at first sounded arrogant and now is so obsequious it won't even stand up for its legal rights
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704289504575312833964048458.html

New York and the New England Journal of Medicine. By Peter R. Orszag, Director, OMB
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/blog/10/06/17/New-York-and-the-New-England-Journal-of-Medicine/

Reforming Main Street - A trial-lawyer bonanza gets air-dropped into the financial bill
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704009804575308970937631194.html

Greenspan: U.S. Debt and the Greece Analogy - Don't be fooled by today's low interest rates. The government could very quickly discover the limits of its borrowing capacity.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704198004575310962247772540.html

New York and the New England Journal of Medicine. By Peter R. Orszag, Director, OMB
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/blog/10/06/17/New-York-and-the-New-England-Journal-of-Medicine/

In Medical Malpractice Reform, States Should Shirk the Washington Way
http://fixhealthcarepolicy.com/in-the-news/in-medical-malpractice-reform-states-should-shirk-the-washington-way

U.S. Treasury Department Targets Iran's Nuclear and Missile Programs. Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation
http://www.state.gov/t/isn/143265.htm

Cisneros Rewriting HUD History
http://www.bipartisanalliance.com/2010/06/cisneros-rewriting-hud-history.html

Missile Defense: We've committed to developing proven technologies, and the new START Treaty won't stand in our way. By M Flournoy, Under Sec of Defense for Policy & A Carter, Under Sec of Defense for Acquisition, Technology & Logistics
http://www.bipartisanalliance.com/2010/06/missile-defense-weve-committed-to.html

Rahming Through a Lame Duck Climate Bill?
http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=11904

Expert: Obama speech too 'professorial' for his target audience
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/06/16/obama.speech.analysis/index.html

An Offer BP Couldn’t Refuse
http://blog.heritage.org/2010/06/17/morning-bell-an-offer-bp-couldnt-refuse

The Water Cost of Carbon Capture
http://spectrum.ieee.org/energy/environment/the-water-cost-of-carbon-capture